In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
Direction
Rossellini shoots actual rubble like it's breathing.
Acting
Moeschke's hollow eyes—no child should look this lost.
Cinematography
Berlin itself becomes a ghost character.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
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